WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.240 So our scripture reading tonight is from the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke, chapter 10, verses 1-16. 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:11.700 And this is the word of the Lord. 00:00:12.540 --> 00:00:23.500 After this, the Lord appointed 72 others and sent them on ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He himself was about to go. 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:24.960 And He said to them, 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:27.980 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:33.060 Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 00:00:33.939 --> 00:00:38.380 Go your way. Behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:43.560 Carry no money bag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:48.120 Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 00:00:48.939 --> 00:00:52.799 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:55.380 But if not, it will return to you. 00:00:55.380 --> 00:00:59.020 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide. 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:01.600 For the laborer deserves his wages. 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:03.940 Do not go from house to house. 00:01:04.520 --> 00:01:08.240 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.180 Heal the sick in it and say to them, 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:13.379 The kingdom of God has come near to you. 00:01:13.859 --> 00:01:16.460 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:18.339 go into its streets and say, 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:22.399 Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:24.079 we wipe off against you. 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.759 Nevertheless, know this, that the kingdom of God has come near. 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:33.759 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. 00:01:35.339 --> 00:01:36.659 Woe to you, Chorazin! 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:38.219 Woe to you, Bethsaida! 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:42.379 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 00:01:42.539 --> 00:01:46.239 they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 00:01:46.819 --> 00:01:50.620 But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:53.719 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? 00:01:54.659 --> 00:01:56.359 You shall be brought down to Hades. 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.920 The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me. 00:02:01.460 --> 00:02:04.439 And the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me. 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.099 This is God's holy word. 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:11.299 So last week, David started us on a new series on discipleship. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.159 And we're in Luke, chapters 9 to 12. 00:02:15.699 --> 00:02:19.439 And in Luke, chapters 9, Jesus changes. 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:24.099 Luke changes his tone, his direction. 00:02:24.620 --> 00:02:28.439 And he starts talking about Jesus making his way towards Jerusalem. 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:30.680 It's kind of like a travelogue of Jesus' journey. 00:02:30.799 --> 00:02:35.299 And along the way, Jesus teaches what it means to be a disciple. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:36.560 So what is a disciple? 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:42.939 Well, we can think about a disciple as being a follower, somebody who follows after Jesus. 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:52.139 When Jesus was alive, when Jesus walked the earth, people did literally drop the tools that they were working with and followed after him. 00:02:52.180 --> 00:02:53.180 They walked after him. 00:02:54.139 --> 00:02:56.620 We can also think about a disciple as a learner. 00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:09.560 So somebody who, in Jesus' day, wanted to learn from a great teacher would come and sit at their feet and would absorb their teaching, would listen, would try to emulate their life, trying to live their life the way that they did. 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:14.640 And today, as disciples, we metaphorically sit at Jesus' feet. 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.920 Through the power of the Spirit and the power of the Word, we sit at Jesus' feet and we learn from him. 00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:27.140 Not in a physical way, but in no less real way. 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:35.559 Well, in the passage that we read today, we're going to see that to be a disciple also means to be a messenger. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:42.559 So Corey just read Jesus appointing 72 disciples. 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.719 Others, they're called here, they're disciples. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.739 And he sends them out before him. 00:03:48.779 --> 00:03:51.859 He calls them in and he sends them out. 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:59.120 Tonight, I'd like to look through these 16 verses in three kind of parts, these sections. 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:02.860 So first of all, the way that Jesus sends them. 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.320 And then the message that he wants them to deliver. 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:10.460 And then just how serious, how important it is that they go. 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:14.660 So we can call it the sending, the saying, the seriousness, maybe. 00:04:15.380 --> 00:04:16.560 Okay, so first off, the sending. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.500 In the free church, we have a labor crisis. 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:26.459 There are so many vacant congregations all over the country. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:29.800 And we need ministers to fill those pulpits. 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:37.800 That's maybe why certain people have been accepted for candidacy in the free church. 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:39.240 Is my mic on? 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:40.060 Yeah, that's better. 00:04:42.699 --> 00:04:45.079 And it's not just those empty pulpits that we have to fill, 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:50.719 but the free church as a denomination wants to plant another 30 churches by 2030. 00:04:51.719 --> 00:04:55.019 So we need guys to lead those works as well. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:59.500 And then at the other end, there's lots of guys who are ministers in the free church 00:04:59.500 --> 00:05:00.539 who are reaching retirement age. 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:04.959 So we need a conveyor belt of ministers to come in and replace those people. 00:05:05.039 --> 00:05:06.860 And when we talk about the need for ministers, 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:08.680 we talk about it a lot at seminary. 00:05:08.740 --> 00:05:09.740 We talk about it in churches. 00:05:09.740 --> 00:05:13.480 One of the verses that we go to is verse 2 here. 00:05:13.579 --> 00:05:15.939 The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:19.379 And therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:22.879 to send out laborers into his harvest. 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:26.180 So Jesus knows our needs, and he knows that we need ministers, 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:28.199 and he gives us a solution. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:30.300 What we're supposed to do, we're supposed to pray. 00:05:30.379 --> 00:05:31.699 We're to pray for that. 00:05:31.699 --> 00:05:34.479 So I guess the first question I want to ask tonight is, 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:38.519 are you praying for more gospel workers, 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.839 for more ministers to fill these pulpits that are vacant all over the country? 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.779 How fervently are we praying? 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.000 Do we pray when we think about it? 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:49.819 Or is it something that we're constantly thinking of? 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:53.939 Because there's so many people in congregations all over Scotland 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:58.959 that don't have people opening the Bible for them on a weekly basis, 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.379 and not pasting congregations. 00:06:01.699 --> 00:06:03.300 Those are difficult situations to be in. 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:09.039 But secondly, if we were to think about this passage in isolation, 00:06:09.659 --> 00:06:13.240 not to think about what came before it or what comes after it, 00:06:14.019 --> 00:06:16.819 we could think, we could be mistaken for thinking 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:19.719 that this passage is about the professionals. 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:24.639 God, please give us more full-time gospel workers. 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.379 And that is a good prayer to pray. 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:29.579 But here's the thing. 00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:31.839 Right before this chapter, the start of chapter 9, 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:36.399 Jesus takes his 12 disciples, his closest confidants, 00:06:36.859 --> 00:06:38.819 the guys that he's been with the most, 00:06:39.359 --> 00:06:40.680 and he sends them out. 00:06:41.599 --> 00:06:43.279 And then when he sends these 72 now, 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.459 the words that he uses to send them, 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:48.019 and what he tells them to do is incredibly similar 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:50.620 in language to what he says to the 12. 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.579 Our passage here doesn't say disciples. 00:06:54.579 --> 00:06:56.879 It says 72 others. 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.279 But at one point in Jesus' life, 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:07.479 his disciples and his family had thought that he had lost it. 00:07:08.019 --> 00:07:10.360 And they went out to find him and to take him back 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:11.620 and to save him from harm. 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:14.639 And they couldn't get near him because the house was so full. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:17.860 And they gave message and said, 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:19.539 we need to speak to Jesus. 00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:21.779 And they said to Jesus, 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.319 your disciples and your family are here. 00:07:24.459 --> 00:07:26.300 And he pointed to the people that are around him. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.259 And he said, these are my disciples. 00:07:28.699 --> 00:07:29.579 This is my family. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:37.779 So the role of disciple is not for a full-time employed person. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.240 This is not a passage just about ministers. 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.740 This is a passage about anyone who listens and obeys to Jesus. 00:07:47.219 --> 00:07:50.479 Because anyone who listens and obeys to Jesus is a disciple. 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:54.979 And part of being a disciple is being a messenger. 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:58.459 There's a big harvest that needs to be brought in. 00:07:58.459 --> 00:08:03.639 Jesus is people out there who are to be brought into his kingdom. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.180 And you're the one who's to go and tell them. 00:08:09.099 --> 00:08:10.779 So Jesus sends out 72. 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:13.740 Often in the Bible, 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:14.459 we saw this morning, 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.299 Corey was talking about numbers are significant. 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:20.839 And I think this 72 is significant here as well. 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:22.919 And I think it relates to the book of Genesis. 00:08:23.599 --> 00:08:25.879 So after the flood, 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.179 and of course the world was destroyed 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:29.459 because of his wickedness, 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:31.860 God saved Noah and his family. 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:34.519 And in Genesis chapter 10, 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:37.220 we have the nations of the world 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:40.980 that come from Noah's legacy, 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:42.580 from his lineage. 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:46.399 And they go out and they fill the earth. 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.779 And in the Greek version of the Old Testament, 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:55.899 which was really in common use when the letter of the gospel of Luke was written, 00:08:57.939 --> 00:08:59.620 there's 72 nations. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:05.879 So I think what we're saying here is the breaking news that Jesus has come, 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:10.320 that the kingdom of God is breaking in, 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.159 and we're being sent out into the world, 00:09:13.539 --> 00:09:14.500 the whole world, 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:15.740 all the nations, 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:17.100 to tell them. 00:09:18.060 --> 00:09:18.960 72 people, 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:23.179 72 messengers representing 72 nations. 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:26.599 but this is not 00:09:26.599 --> 00:09:31.659 just merely a sending out. 00:09:31.819 --> 00:09:33.000 It's sending out with a message 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.679 to go to all the nations of the world 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.659 and to bring those nations, 00:09:39.459 --> 00:09:41.039 God's people in those nations, 00:09:41.199 --> 00:09:42.019 back to him. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.359 Not the same as before, 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.199 but as a new kind of kingdom people 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:50.580 under the kingship of Jesus. 00:09:52.660 --> 00:09:53.580 This is the start, 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:55.140 if you think about it like that, 00:09:55.180 --> 00:09:56.600 of a global mission trip. 00:09:57.040 --> 00:09:58.500 And maybe when I say global mission trip, 00:09:58.580 --> 00:09:59.759 you think of 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:01.100 fundraising 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:02.340 and getting on a plane 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:03.500 and going to Peru 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:04.520 or to Africa. 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:06.960 And those are great things to do 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.379 and important things to do. 00:10:09.660 --> 00:10:11.520 But we can't all go in for a mission. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:13.420 I don't think we're all supposed to. 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:16.080 And Paul helps us see that, I think. 00:10:16.920 --> 00:10:18.080 He helps us to see that 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:18.639 to be on mission, 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:20.160 we don't have to raise funds 00:10:20.160 --> 00:10:20.980 or get on a plane. 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:23.460 In fact, in Ephesians 2, 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:25.500 Paul helps us understand 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:27.379 that mission might be right 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:28.400 on your doorstep. 00:10:29.400 --> 00:10:31.440 Because in verses 8, it says, 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:32.740 for by grace you've been saved 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:33.440 through faith. 00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:34.840 And this is not your own doing, 00:10:34.900 --> 00:10:35.800 it's the gift of God. 00:10:36.040 --> 00:10:37.520 Not a result of works 00:10:37.520 --> 00:10:39.259 so that no one may boast. 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:40.759 But then in verse 10, he says, 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:42.800 for we are his workmanship, 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:45.960 created in Christ for good works, 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.200 which God prepared beforehand 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.200 that we should walk in them. 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:52.280 So if you're a disciple, 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:55.220 you've been saved from something, 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.139 from sin and from death, 00:10:57.519 --> 00:10:59.740 but you've also been saved to something, 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:01.900 to good works 00:11:01.900 --> 00:11:04.560 that God has prepared for you. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:09.179 God has made you new in Christ 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:11.739 to do the very specific work 00:11:11.739 --> 00:11:15.439 that was prepared just for you to do. 00:11:16.979 --> 00:11:18.059 If you think about it this way, 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:20.379 there's people in Edinburgh 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:23.099 whose names are on Jesus' list of disciples, 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:23.240 disciples, 00:11:23.659 --> 00:11:26.300 and he's chosen me, 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.279 and he's chosen you 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.139 to go and tell them. 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:36.960 He's made you free in Christ, 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:38.659 born again, 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:41.040 and so you're truly free 00:11:41.040 --> 00:11:42.580 to go into the city 00:11:42.580 --> 00:11:43.700 and to love people, 00:11:44.560 --> 00:11:45.340 and to love people, 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:46.120 you tell them 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:47.500 the thing that they need 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:49.240 to know the very most. 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.620 So we see in verse 1 00:11:51.620 --> 00:11:52.620 that Jesus sent his disciples 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:54.259 to every place 00:11:54.259 --> 00:11:55.460 where he himself is about to go, 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:56.200 and I think for us 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:57.919 that means every place, 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.240 everywhere, 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:01.440 everywhere we go. 00:12:02.620 --> 00:12:03.340 Jesus says, 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:04.340 in your classroom, 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:06.000 in your office, 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.560 I need somebody right there 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:09.480 in Edinburgh, 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.000 just now, 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:14.220 wherever you're employed, 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:14.980 wherever you're studying, 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.860 wherever you're working, 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.299 I need somebody there 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:20.059 to go and tell them 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:20.839 about my peace, 00:12:21.979 --> 00:12:23.199 to tell them about my kingdom. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.559 And Jesus is telling these 72, 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.779 get out, 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.279 go, 00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.579 don't hang a bahu. 00:12:31.859 --> 00:12:32.519 And he's saying 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:33.500 the same thing to us. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.139 I wonder 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:37.740 how that makes you feel, 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:40.559 because it can be quite 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.479 intimidating to think 00:12:41.479 --> 00:12:42.679 about going out into the city, 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.579 even if it's people 00:12:43.579 --> 00:12:44.279 you know really well, 00:12:44.339 --> 00:12:45.099 and telling them 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:46.879 that Jesus has come 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.460 to save them 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:48.220 from their sins. 00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:51.080 Maybe you're a little bit nervous. 00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:52.420 Well, 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.519 when we read on, 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.519 you might become 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:55.240 a big bit nervous, 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:57.000 because in verse 4, 00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:58.159 Jesus tells us 72 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.200 that he's sending them out 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.240 to be like lambs 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:02.820 among wolves. 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:04.840 Go and tell people 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.980 about my kingdom. 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:06.800 Oh, and by the way, 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:08.279 it's not going to be easy. 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:11.939 If you've gone out 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.759 yourself, 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.500 and you've shared 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.179 about Jesus, 00:13:15.319 --> 00:13:16.240 you know that it's not easy. 00:13:16.439 --> 00:13:17.079 You know that you will 00:13:17.079 --> 00:13:18.319 meet opposition. 00:13:19.839 --> 00:13:20.459 Maybe you've invited 00:13:20.459 --> 00:13:21.439 people to church, 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.279 and they've just kind of 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:26.139 quietly listened to you, 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:27.259 and then ignored you. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.579 And that can be hard to take. 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:31.620 Maybe it's awkward now 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:32.439 with those people. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.579 Maybe they live next door, 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:34.620 or across the road. 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:36.720 Or maybe you've spoken 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:38.160 about Jesus to somebody 00:13:38.160 --> 00:13:38.680 in work, 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:42.000 and they've just looked 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.120 at you like you're naive, 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.000 or like you're tied 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:46.600 to some silly superstition 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.740 that everybody else 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.680 has moved beyond. 00:13:50.060 --> 00:13:51.019 And this can be 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:52.420 embarrassing for us. 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.279 It's hard to share 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:54.800 their faith. 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.160 But Jesus doesn't 00:13:57.160 --> 00:13:58.259 ever promise us 00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:58.899 that it's going to be 00:13:58.899 --> 00:14:00.440 easy to be a disciple. 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:00.899 In fact, 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.220 the New Testament 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:03.820 is packed full of passages 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.800 that tell us exactly 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:05.740 the opposite. 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:06.680 It tells us 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:07.719 how hard it's going to be. 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:11.000 But the interesting thing 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.219 about lambs and wolves 00:14:12.219 --> 00:14:13.539 is that even although 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:14.279 it's hard, 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.519 we can't let 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.699 the hardness 00:14:16.699 --> 00:14:18.120 of sharing 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.079 the gospel 00:14:19.079 --> 00:14:21.219 make us hardened. 00:14:21.459 --> 00:14:22.059 It can't harden 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:22.799 our hearts. 00:14:24.099 --> 00:14:25.299 We're to be lambs. 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:27.719 You can never argue 00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:28.539 somebody into 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:29.719 accepting Jesus. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.779 You can't fight anyone 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.599 into turning away 00:14:32.599 --> 00:14:33.299 from their sin. 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.219 You can't trick anybody 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:36.000 into God's kingdom. 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.620 We're not naive. 00:14:38.920 --> 00:14:39.779 We're not to be naive, 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.320 put ourselves 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:41.440 in dangerous situations, 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.860 but we're to tell 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:45.120 people 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.040 about Jesus 00:14:46.040 --> 00:14:48.160 as though we were lambs, 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.180 gently leading them 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.759 to the shepherd. 00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:53.000 Look, 00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:54.180 if you find this daunting, 00:14:54.660 --> 00:14:55.540 and it is daunting, 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.320 look at, 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.000 with me, 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:59.460 verse 16. 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:00.639 It says, 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.319 the one, 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:02.679 this is Jesus talking, 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:03.120 he says, 00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:04.100 the one who hears you 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.659 hears me, 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.639 and the one who rejects you 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.319 rejects me, 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:08.460 and the one who rejects me 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.340 rejects him 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:10.500 who sent me. 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.379 Do you see what Jesus 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.139 is saying here? 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:15.100 This is extraordinary. 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:16.919 He's saying, 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.960 me and you, 00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:20.539 we're in this together. 00:15:21.819 --> 00:15:22.559 Don't be anxious 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:24.139 about having the right words, 00:15:24.199 --> 00:15:25.100 just point them to me. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.799 Don't be anxious 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.120 about converting anybody. 00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.879 It's the power of the Spirit 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.639 that's going to do that. 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.360 Don't be anxious 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.200 about being rejected. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:35.460 Look how they rejected me. 00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.440 Just go. 00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.019 So, 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.679 Jesus tells 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:42.759 the 72 to go, 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:44.000 and to go with urgency. 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:45.019 And he also tells them 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:46.600 the message 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:46.940 that they're there 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.659 to deliver, 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.539 the saying. 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.000 He says to them, 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:53.759 don't take any money with you, 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.580 don't take your money bag, 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:56.139 don't take a knapsack, 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.940 don't take extra shoes, 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.120 travel lightly, 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.840 greet no one on the road, 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.320 move swiftly, 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:04.980 and rely 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:06.600 on the new disciples 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.399 that you meet 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.360 to provide your food for you. 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.159 He says, 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.860 don't go from house to house 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:15.279 having a good time 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:16.159 enjoying yourself. 00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:17.179 He's talking about 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.740 the urgency 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.799 and the importance 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.120 of what it is 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.779 that you're to do. 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.159 This isn't a holiday, 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.159 this is a mission trip. 00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:26.360 And he tells them 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.779 the message 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.840 they're to deliver. 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.759 So, 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.259 in verse 5, 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:29.620 he says, 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.240 whatever house you enter, 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.159 first say, 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.500 peace be 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.580 on this house. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.960 And if a son of peace 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.580 is there, 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.740 your peace 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.759 will rest upon him. 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.419 But if not, 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.720 it will return to you. 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.580 This is going 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.340 house to house 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.940 is reminiscent 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.600 to me 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.240 of the Passover. 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.299 So, 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.080 in the Old Testament, 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:51.879 ancient Israel, 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.500 they put blood 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.779 on the doorposts 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.320 and the lintel 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:55.920 of their houses 00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:57.180 so that when 00:16:57.180 --> 00:16:57.800 the destroyer 00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:58.260 would come, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.180 he would pass 00:16:59.180 --> 00:17:00.020 over those houses 00:17:00.020 --> 00:17:01.220 and they would 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.940 have peace. 00:17:03.260 --> 00:17:03.720 And here, 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.740 when the disciples, 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.640 the 72, 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.620 go door to door 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.740 meeting people, 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.380 they say, 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.340 peace to you. 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.019 And if they receive 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.640 that peace, 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.840 then the house 00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:14.059 will share peace. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.580 But if not, 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.360 if they don't 00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:18.480 recognize this peace, 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.640 they don't want 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.640 to know 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.720 about Jesus' 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.240 kingdom 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.859 that's coming, 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.420 then the house 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:24.880 is not going 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:25.539 to have peace 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:27.539 because real peace 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.380 can only be found 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.200 in following 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.859 after Jesus. 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.160 Jesus also tells 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.559 the 72 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:35.279 to perform healings. 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:35.519 So, 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.039 this is 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.900 physical healing 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:39.099 making people better. 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.819 But even 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:42.039 this physical healing 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.359 are signs 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.380 that Jesus' 00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:44.900 kingdom 00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.620 is breaking 00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:46.839 into the world. 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.460 The brokenness 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.200 that's in the world 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.240 is beginning 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.019 to be restored. 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.640 God's kingdom 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.299 is coming near 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.680 to them. 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.519 It's so tempting 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:57.960 for us, 00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.279 I think, 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.900 to default 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.579 to the idea 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:02.420 that people 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.339 need good advice. 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:03.980 When we see 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.759 people struggling, 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.779 with people 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.640 having a hard time, 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.099 we think, 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.799 I can help them. 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.779 I know what 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.200 they need to do. 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.640 They need to find 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:11.240 a new job. 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.799 I know what 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.420 they need to do. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.460 They need to stop 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.279 doing that thing 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.640 that I know 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:15.440 is bad for them. 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.359 And maybe those 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:16.980 things are true. 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.380 Sometimes those 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.039 things are good 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.539 and helpful. 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.839 But we shouldn't 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.659 confuse the idea 00:18:22.659 --> 00:18:23.240 that people 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:25.579 need good advice 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.359 with the truth 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.259 that people 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.980 need to know 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:29.839 the good news. 00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:31.059 They need to know 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.779 that peace 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.599 is available 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.220 through Jesus. 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.220 In Luke 4, 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.059 Jesus tells us 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.139 that that's why 00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:39.639 he's come. 00:18:40.879 --> 00:18:41.480 He's come 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.919 to preach 00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:42.439 the kingdom. 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.740 And then in Luke 19, 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.379 verse 11, 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:47.980 says to the people, 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.480 they supposed 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.620 that the kingdom 00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.440 was going to appear 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.140 immediately. 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.960 So the 72 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.740 have been sent out 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.300 and they're going 00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:55.760 door to door 00:18:55.760 --> 00:18:56.180 and they're telling 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.840 people about Jesus' 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.280 peace and they're 00:18:57.280 --> 00:18:57.820 saying the kingdom 00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.900 of God is drawn near. 00:18:59.300 --> 00:18:59.740 And the people 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.260 are expecting 00:19:00.260 --> 00:19:01.460 a big military 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:03.100 or political turnover 00:19:03.100 --> 00:19:03.480 and everything 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.240 to change 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.500 dramatically overnight. 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.960 But that's not 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.900 what Luke records 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.460 for us. 00:19:08.780 --> 00:19:09.200 That's not what 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.620 happened. 00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.240 For Luke, 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.320 the kingdom of God 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.019 is an end time 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.720 reality, 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.279 something that's 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.939 going to happen 00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.859 one day 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.899 at the end 00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:20.859 on Christ's return, 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.819 but it's broken 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.759 into the world 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.179 now in his day 00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:26.119 when Jesus 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:27.000 came into the world. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.099 It's broken in, 00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:30.019 but it's still waiting 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.919 for its final 00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:32.099 consummation. 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.000 This is the 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.759 already, 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.079 but not yet. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.159 The kingdom 00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:37.799 is drawn near, 00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.460 but it's not 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.839 yet fulfilled 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.879 in its full state. 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:44.899 But while the 00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.579 kingdom's come, 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.539 hasn't come 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.339 in its full form 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:47.599 yet, 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.419 God's promise, 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.679 his promised reign 00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:53.500 is not just 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.359 a future thing. 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.879 It's begun 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.399 now 00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:58.819 in Jesus 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:01.319 and it demands 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.000 a response. 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.379 There's two 00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.799 options. 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.419 Receive it 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.099 and have peace 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:10.159 or reject it 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:12.159 and don't. 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:16.599 Jesus tells them, 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.019 shake off the dust 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.500 of your feet. 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:19.960 When you share 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.759 the news of the peace 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.799 of the coming kingdom 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.559 with these people 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.299 and they reject you, 00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.159 shake off the dust 00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.700 of your feet. 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:27.000 And this is a symbol, 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.419 this is an outward sign 00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:29.879 for the people 00:20:29.879 --> 00:20:31.159 of the New Testament 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:34.539 that when they went 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.779 outside the Holy Land, 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.460 the land that God 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.059 had given them, 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.639 they were to come back 00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.480 and that land 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.079 was precious 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.039 and good 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.099 and set apart 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.639 for them 00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:44.119 but to shake off 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.939 anything that doesn't 00:20:44.939 --> 00:20:45.679 belong to it. 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:47.339 There's an outward sign 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.799 that the kingdom 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.460 has come near 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.799 and these people 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.559 who are rejecting 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.799 their message 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:53.539 are not going 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.259 to be welcomed in. 00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.859 Okay, 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.299 finally, 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.279 the seriousness. 00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:02.039 So you notice 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.660 in verse 1 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.220 that the disciples 00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.859 are sent out 00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.399 two by two. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.579 There's 72 of them 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.339 and they're sent out 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:07.440 in twos. 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.279 And there's 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.339 shared power, 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.119 there's power 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.139 in shared ministry 00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:13.079 and the fact 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.819 that we can support 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.220 one another, 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.779 we can pray 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.299 for one another, 00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.700 we can provide 00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.819 provisions for one another, 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.740 there's safety 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.279 in numbers, 00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.420 these are all good things. 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:22.140 But I think 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:23.720 that being sent 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.539 in twos also 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.060 is to remind us 00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:27.759 of another Old Testament 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.120 book, 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.060 this time the book 00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:29.800 of Deuteronomy 00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:31.400 because in Deuteronomy 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.500 19.15 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.460 it tells us 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.000 that if somebody's 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.740 convicted of breaking 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.320 the law, 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.700 they can only be charged 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.340 on the testimony 00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.420 of two witnesses. 00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.960 So you need two people 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:44.080 to witness a crime 00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:44.600 in order 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:46.620 to make a charge. 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.779 And that legal language 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.519 is really fitting 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.439 because of what Jesus 00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:51.519 is just about to say 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.359 when he comes to 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.039 the second half 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.759 of our passage. 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.239 Because he's going 00:21:55.239 --> 00:21:56.479 to pivot from telling us 00:21:56.479 --> 00:21:57.579 to go and share 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.219 the message, 00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.519 that true peace 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.019 is available 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.639 through faith in him, 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.079 to laying out 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.919 the consequences 00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.099 for the people 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.759 who refuse 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.799 to believe the message. 00:22:08.719 --> 00:22:09.599 I had a friend 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.559 who studied theology 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.319 at university 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.699 and she used to tell me 00:22:13.699 --> 00:22:14.679 that the God 00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.419 of the Old Testament 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.819 and the God 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.339 of the New Testament 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.359 are really different gods 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:17.939 because the God 00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.679 of the Old Testament 00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:20.279 is angry and violent 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.119 and the God 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.839 of the Good Testament 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:23.259 is just loving 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.939 and kind. 00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.399 But here, 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.240 Jesus literally 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.019 becomes a fire 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.919 and brimstone preacher 00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:30.379 because the consequences 00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:31.179 of not receiving 00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:32.359 God's peace, 00:22:32.959 --> 00:22:33.759 not entertaining 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.819 Jesus' kingdom 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.839 are catastrophic. 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.959 Jesus says 00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.879 it will be more bearable 00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.720 for Sodom, 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.299 which was wiped 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.139 off the map 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:44.220 with fire 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.879 and sulfur 00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:46.019 from heaven. 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.359 that it will be 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.839 for the day 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.240 of judgment 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.939 for the people 00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:50.299 who don't turn 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.919 to Jesus. 00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.480 Last week, 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.759 Jesus, 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.019 last week, 00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.439 David, 00:22:55.939 --> 00:22:57.119 that's a Freudian slip, 00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.500 preached on chapter 9 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:02.559 and James and John, 00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.959 when people rejected Jesus, 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.699 James and John, 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.480 his disciples said, 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.619 well, 00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.879 can we call down fire 00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.319 from heaven 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.259 and just blast them? 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.419 And Jesus says, 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.240 no, 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.839 of course not. 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.699 He rebukes them 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.940 because this isn't 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.759 the time for judgment. 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.400 Jesus is saying, 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.980 this is a time 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.620 for salvation. 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.360 But the time 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:20.720 of judgment 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.220 is coming. 00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.640 Jesus has come 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.480 and he's inaugurated 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.960 the kingdom. 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.160 He's come as a savior 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:30.259 and he is our savior. 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.500 But Jesus is going 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:34.340 to return in power 00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.160 and in glory 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.200 and he's going 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.380 to judge the whole world. 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:39.500 And for those 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.900 outside of Jesus' kingdom, 00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.980 he'll be more bearable 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.940 to be rained on 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.160 with fire and sulfur 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:49.340 than to face God's wrath. 00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:52.240 Jesus said, 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.940 if Tyre and Sidon 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.680 had seen this, 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.740 they would have 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.700 repented of their sins. 00:23:57.820 --> 00:24:00.000 Those were port cities, 00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:01.600 gateways to the Gentiles. 00:24:02.760 --> 00:24:04.040 But these towns, 00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.180 these blessed towns 00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.920 that have seen Jesus 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.280 perform miracles in them, 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:10.240 they've remained 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.060 hard-heartened. 00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:15.820 These amazing works 00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.480 of healing, 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.740 casting out evil, 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.020 they've been done 00:24:20.020 --> 00:24:20.820 in places like 00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:22.860 Horizon and Capernaum. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.440 They're indicators 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.600 of what the fully 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.520 inaugurated kingdom 00:24:27.520 --> 00:24:28.420 is going to be like. 00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.940 No pain, 00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.660 no illness, 00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.040 no evil, 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.640 only good, 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.600 only peace. 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.780 Only peace with Jesus. 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:42.560 But confronting people 00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:45.820 about the consequences 00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.600 of their decision 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:48.040 not to come to Jesus 00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:49.780 is difficult. 00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.480 It's terrifying 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.260 in some ways. 00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:57.020 We're often told 00:24:57.020 --> 00:24:58.000 that it's okay 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.620 to be a believer, 00:24:58.780 --> 00:24:59.740 it's okay to be a Christian, 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.520 it's okay to do 00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:02.000 whatever you want 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.520 with your life, 00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.700 but keep it to yourself. 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.360 As long as you're not 00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.900 going out and trying 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.920 to convince people 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.940 that what they're doing 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.519 is wrong, 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.960 then okay, 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.960 knock yourself out, 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.220 do whatever you want 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.680 on a Sunday. 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.559 But to not share 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.920 the gospel with people 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.400 is not an option 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.279 for disciples. 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:25.460 I don't really know 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.399 much about the 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:29.019 magician's pen and teller, 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.200 but I do know 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.839 that Penn 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:32.019 is an atheist 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:33.960 and he was interviewed 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.460 one time 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.180 and he said, 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.980 he was asked 00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.619 about Christians 00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.700 sharing their faith 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.720 and he said, 00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.279 if you believe 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.859 that there's a heaven 00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.319 and a hell 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.599 and you think 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.299 it's not worth 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.500 telling somebody 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.119 about it, 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.200 how much do you 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.240 have to hate him 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.420 not to tell? 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:53.220 Even famous atheists 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.420 see that the truth 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.880 of Jesus 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.980 transforms everything. 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:57.340 If Jesus really is 00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.360 who he says he is, 00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:00.080 then not telling people 00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.720 about him, 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.600 not telling people 00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.560 about the situation 00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.720 they found themselves in 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.680 when they're separated 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.240 from him 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.660 is wicked. 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.840 It's the most unloving 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.660 thing you could possibly 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.940 do to keep it 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.400 to yourself. 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.560 We have to be 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:17.300 constantly on mission, 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.660 constantly sharing 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.160 the gospel, 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:49.400 not just in one 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.000 and off occasions 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.060 over and over again 00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:53.080 because people 00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.259 who don't know 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.580 the truth 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.220 are facing 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:57.019 eternal separation 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.600 from God. 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.280 This is urgent. 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.480 It makes me think 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.820 about 00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:03.360 an American soldier 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.600 called Desmond Doss 00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:06.600 and he fought 00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.600 in World War II 00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.400 during the Battle 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.400 of Okinawa 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:11.220 and he was classified 00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:13.080 as a conscientious objector 00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.180 because he wouldn't 00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.880 carry a gun. 00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.860 He wanted to 00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:17.120 fight for God 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.519 and country 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.479 but he wouldn't 00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:19.459 take another 00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.139 human life 00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.559 and so his fellow 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.059 soldiers didn't 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.659 like him much. 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.399 There was a battle 00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:26.659 that wasn't going 00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.039 well 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:31.159 and a number 00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.639 of men had gone 00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.259 up the ridge 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:34.419 and he was a medic 00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:37.000 and you might think 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.500 that because he was 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.839 a medic 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.619 he probably had a 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.479 red cross on his 00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:39.719 shoulder 00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.839 he'd be safer 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.619 but actually 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:44.119 he says in his book 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.819 that he wrote later 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.519 he says that 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.759 they knew that 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.399 shooting medics 00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:48.259 killing medics 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:50.399 destroyed the morale 00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:52.279 of the whole platoon 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.859 and so 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.839 if you were a medic 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.639 if you weren't 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.399 fighting 00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.379 you actually became 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:59.299 a more prized target 00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.399 for the enemy soldiers. 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.399 In the Battle 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.279 of Hacksaw Ridge 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:07.819 the whole platoon 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.000 was told to retreat 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.619 to come back home 00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:12.039 but Doss 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.640 refused to leave 00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.400 and he went up 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.400 and down that ridge 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:17.359 over and over again 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.619 dragging injured men 00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.500 from the battlefield. 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.099 Extraordinary bravery 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.779 because he knew 00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:25.220 how dangerous it was. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.799 He knew that he was 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.740 a prized target 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.359 for the enemy. 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.019 Every time he got 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.519 a man down safely 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:35.559 he didn't stop 00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:38.240 but he prayed 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.099 and do you know 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.759 what his prayer was? 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.920 Not 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:43.460 God keep me safe 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.539 if I go again 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:46.339 or God 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:48.279 please let this man survive. 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.559 It was 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.539 please God 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:52.279 help me get one more. 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.400 Help me get one more. 00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.779 There's men and women 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.980 all over Edinburgh tonight 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:00.359 facing 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.740 certain death 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.120 separation from God 00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.579 forever. 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:06.699 Jesus is on a rescue mission. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:09.220 He's saving people 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.899 from death 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.559 to life 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.059 and if you're 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.000 a believer tonight 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.720 he's commanding you 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.259 to enlist 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.439 in that journey 00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.439 in that mission. 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.899 How would our lives 00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.439 change? 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.079 How much would they 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.519 change at work 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.879 or in the park 00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.480 with the kids 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.859 or at a restaurant 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.619 or in class 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.740 or wherever we are 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:29.179 if our prayer 00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.839 for our own lives 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.220 would be 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.819 Lord one more 00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.819 help me get your gospel 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.019 to one more person. 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.960 Not that we can save anybody 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.899 it's the Holy Spirit 00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:42.480 that can change 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.179 people's hearts 00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:44.819 but if we love 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.399 our neighbours 00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.859 if we love 00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.299 all the people 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.839 round about us 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.240 we've got 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.019 a responsibility 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.700 to tell them 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.240 about the danger 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.819 that they're in. 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.559 If you're 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:56.819 not a Christian tonight 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.220 if you're here 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.960 and you're wrestling 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.659 with the claims 00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.519 that the Bible makes 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.159 and you're thinking 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.759 that I've only been 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.300 speaking to disciples 00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:04.140 to believers 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.100 tonight 00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.560 well 00:30:05.560 --> 00:30:07.240 you can know 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.700 right now 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.519 that the peace 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.440 of Jesus 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:11.700 is on offer 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.840 to you 00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.360 right now. 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.580 Will you follow him? 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.220 Will you learn 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.680 from him? 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.580 Will you be his disciple? 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.320 Jesus has gone 00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:26.180 to extraordinary lengths 00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.580 to give us 00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.279 his peace. 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.379 Jesus. 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.059 He wasn't just 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.660 a great teacher. 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.099 He wasn't just 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.019 a great example. 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.039 We were to be like 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.480 lambs among wolves 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:38.099 but Jesus was 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.839 the ultimate lamb. 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.980 He was the sacrificial lamb 00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.519 who went willingly 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.420 to give his life 00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.319 to satisfy 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.799 the consequences 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.700 of our sin. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.539 He went up the ridge 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.619 up the hill 00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:53.740 to save his people 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.319 not carrying 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:57.039 a medical pack 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.740 but carrying a cross 00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:01.599 walking straight 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.119 into 00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.119 the firing zone. 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.980 He paid the price 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.440 for our sin. 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.599 He gave his life 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.559 so that we can 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.299 have new life 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.659 in him. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.599 That's the message 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.440 that we have to share. 00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.839 Jesus came to suffer 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.039 and to die 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.539 but he rose again 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.200 and he's reigning 00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.279 now in heaven. 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.559 He's coming back 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.799 and he's going 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.339 to bring 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.639 all his people 00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.859 from his harvest 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:32.200 from all across 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.779 the world 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.579 who will accept 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.500 his peace. 00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.299 Amen. 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.059 Let's pray. 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:41.960 Lord God, 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.460 we thank you 00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.099 for your word. 00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.759 We ask that you 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.339 would help us 00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.339 to lay it to heart. 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.539 Lord, 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.200 we feel challenged 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.919 when we think 00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.480 about going out 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.000 into the world 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.659 and sharing 00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.839 the news that Jesus 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.379 has come, 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.399 what it means. 00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:58.159 We feel challenged 00:31:58.159 --> 00:32:00.460 by different groups 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.539 of people in our lives 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.240 who we feel 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.000 that we can't 00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.559 share the gospel with. 00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.919 But Lord, 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.460 help us 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.740 to be bold, 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.319 help us 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.919 to be clear. 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.480 And Lord, 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.960 we ask that you 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.259 would give us 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.759 opportunities 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.259 to proclaim the gospel 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.059 in every aspect 00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.679 of our lives, 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.299 in school, 00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:15.819 in work, 00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.419 in college, 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.399 in uni, 00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.859 wherever we are. 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.779 Lord, 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.439 we pray that you 00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:22.619 would use us 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.619 to your glory. 00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:26.480 We ask all these 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.359 things in Jesus' name. 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.299 Amen.